1. Schoolsworks Multi Schoolsworks Multi Academy Trust New National Curriculum and Assessment Meeting for Parents River Beach Primary School 10 th February 2016

2. The New National Curriculum The NC is just one element in the education of every child. Our school aims remain the same with a broad and balanced curriculum at its heart, but the new curriculum is very much more challenging than anything that has gone before it.

3. The bar has been raised significantly. The expectations, and therefore the tests, have become far more challenging.

4. Main changes to Y6 tests: No levels More challenging Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar Test More challenging Reading Test 3 papers for maths and no mental maths – this has been replaced by an arithmetic test More challenging content for maths.

5. The tests:

6. Raw score – how many answers they got correct Scaled score – using the raw score in a conversion table to reach a scaled score. The national expectation will be ‘100’ The expected level will be equivalent to a 4a/5c in the old levels Results will be reported as ‘met’ or ‘not met’ Attendance. New reporting system at the end of the Key Stages (Years 2 & 6):

7. These are some of the sample questions from the new Yr 6 Grammar, punctuation and spelling tests:

10. And then there are the New Curriculum spellings...

11. accommodate accompany achieve amateur ancient bruise committee communicate conscience conscious convenience correspond curiosity definite desperate disastrous embarrass existence familiar foreign government guarantee harass hindrance immediate(ly) individual interrupt language leisure lightning mischievous muscle necessary neighbour nuisance occupy occur parliament persuade prejudice profession pronunciation queue recognise restaurant rhyme rhythm sacrifice secretary signature soldier stomach symbol thorough variety yacht

12. Examples of old level 4 questions:

14. Sample of new questions:

18. Assessment Day to day assessment is still very important It consists of teachers talking to the children, questioning and tracking their knowledge and understanding on a daily basis Marking work and giving feedback The new curriculum sets out the end of year expectations for each year group in Reading, Writing and Mathematics; Key Progress Indicators (‘I Can...’s).

22. Ways to help your child: Healthy lifestyle Encourage home learning Hear them read, practise x tables and learn spellings Online activities: